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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, though, I honestly am not that worried if a child can't recite the major contributions of ancient Chinese culture by 2nd grade.  She'll be exposed to the topic again in 5th grade, and even then if she doesn't fully absorb those concepts it won't hurt her in life.  But if she can't read, if she hates to write, if she lacks an understanding of computation or measurement, it will cripple her ability to learn in math, science, social studies, and language arts for years to come.  That's why I'm encouraging you not to stress too much about 2's in FCPS.

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As a parent, I'm glad you're not my child's teacher.  Your diminished expectations for a special needs student are troubling.  If the school teaches it and grades it, even special needs students have a right get the necessary support to master the expected knowledge at the same level expected of other students at the same grade.

At our school, the "major contributions of ancient Chinese culture" aren't being discussed in social studies in 2nd grade.  Just simple concepts like what is government, what are taxes, what are the 3 branches of government, etc. If a student doesn't master these in 2nd grade, they may indeed be re-exposed at a higher level, but then they will have to master/learn both the old and new concepts while everyone else is just focusing on the new.  This diminished expectation is precisely how special needs students fall behind over time.

While I do agree that some subjects are more foundational/important than other subjects, I don't agree with your conclusion that the rest OP can just "not worry" about.  This might be a reasonable approach for a child who has a limited cognitive capacity or needs such excessive repetition or extra time to learn that it's not reasonable to think that child will have enough time to master the curriculum.  In this case, OP has described something quite different -- that her child needs pullouts to be able to focus effectively enough to master the material at the same pace and to the same degree as is being expected of other children.

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